P.F. Kozak on reading at In The Flesh

P.F. Kozak writes about reading at my reading seriesIn The Flesh (separate post TK but next reading is next week, Wednesday, March 21st and then April 18th is True Sex Confessions with Veronica Vera and a whole lineup of awesome writers!):

Then it hit me. I had been asked to read my work OUT LOUD, in front of a room full of people! I picked up a copy of Sins and Secrets and silently read the first chapter. No problem. Then, I tried reading it aloud. Let me tell you, reading those words, and saying them aloud, are two very different experiences.

The first time through, I know I blushed. My face got hot as Hades. Then, I tried it again, reminding myself that I had written the darn book, for heaven’s sake! I did all right until I hit the explicit sex scenes. As I had before, I stalled. Forcing myself to continue, I read the entire first chapter aloud.

It never occurred to me that I would be inhibited about this. In fact, I accepted the invitation without even thinking about how I would react to the words. To overcome potentially stumbling when I hit a particularly explicit passage, I read the first chapter aloud enough times to desensitize myself to the language.

See "Saying Those Words Out Loud!" at Romantic Links